Board member qualifications and biographies.
Livia Carusi (Chair)
Livia Carusi is employed by St Vincent de Paul Community Services, Victoria. She has recently joined the organization and provides project support in a range of community services areas including program accreditation, consumer participation as well as housing registration.
Her experience primarily lies within the Victorian homelessness sector and in this area she has undertaken a range of roles including, direct case management, policy, advocacy and program management. Her formal qualifications include Post Graduate studies in Urban Research and Policy, a Masters in Public Policy and Management and she is currently undertaking further Post Graduate studies in Theology and Religious Studies.
Qualifications: BA - Socialogy and Political Science
Post Graduate - Urban Research and Policy
Master - Public Policy and Management
Role: Chair
Key Responsibility: As Chair, ensure proper coordination of the WHL boards tasks.
Victoria Triggs (Vice Chair)
Victoria Triggs (Vice Chair) is the inaugural coordinator of ExperienceBank, an initiative of Leadership Victoria. She has the responsibility to pilot, evaluate and develop a self sustaining program to harness the professional skills and leadership experience of mature age executives for community benefit, through pro bono contribution to non-profit organisations.
As an educational and leadership consultant, her recent work includes undertaking School Reviews, Principal coaching and supporting the Department of Training and Productivity, Fiji in their efforts to improve the school system.
Victoria's full time career spanned 35 years in the state education system as a teacher, curriculum consultant, school council member, College Principal and Regional Director for the Department of Education and Training.
Qualifications: Bachelor Science Education, University of Melbourne.
Graduate Diploma Education Administration, University of Melbourne.
Williamson Fellow, Leadership Victoria.
Role: Vice Chair
Chair of WHL – Governance Committee
Key Responsibility: As vice chair, ensure the objectives and strategic directions of the WHL Board and as Chair of the Governance committee ensure the integrity of WHL governance policy and procedures.
Marilyn Kearney (Treasurer)
Marilyn Kearney (Treasurer) Joined the Board in 2007 and is the WHL treasurer and chairs the WHL Audit, Risk, Finance and Compliance Committee. Marilyn is a member of the Senior Executive Management team at Monash City Council and currently holds the position of Director Corporate Planning and Finance. Marilyn has held several senior management roles in local government (Hume, Broadmeadows and Ringwood) and Victoria Police over the past 13 years.
Her current role has responsibility for Finance, Corporate Planning and Information Technology as well as Contract Management, Strategic Procurement, Capital Works, Continuous Improvement and Financial and Economic Analysis for the council. Marilyn is currently a member of the Centre for Economic Development CEO Roundtable looking at contemporary issues in leadership and management of large public and private sector organisations.
Qualifications: Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Management from Monash University.
Diploma in Management from Victoria University.
Role: Treasurer
Chair of WHL Finance, Audit, Risk and Compliance committee
Key Responsibility: As a board member, ensure the objectives and strategic directions of the WHL Board.
Valerie Mosley
Valerie Mosley is a Property Investor with an interest in residential real estate. Her previous experience includes Director of IT, KPMG Management Consulting, where she managed an international team that provided enterprise solutions for delivering corporate and financial information. She has also worked as a financial consultant for Merrill Lynch as well as General Manager of an international consulting group that provided advisory services to governments in developing nations in the areas of economic policy and financial reform.
Qualifications: BS Business Education
University of Houston (USA)
Role: Board Member
Key Responsibility: As a board member, ensure the objectives and strategic directions of the board.
Marlene Adams
Marlene Adams is business unit manager for the Metro North area, with Dennis Family Homes. A family managed company that has 45+ years experience and focuses on providing affordable residential housing throughout Victoria by developing land, establishing communities (Manor Lakes, Hunt Club) and constructing homes for a broad range of clients.
Her previous experience includes Customer Services Manager for Citipower, Distributor Business Systems Manager for BP Australia, several years experience as a secondary teacher and operating her own training and consulting company providing services in process improvement, change management, systems integration and management reporting systems.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Commerce (Melbourne)
Bachelor of Education (LaTrobe)
Role: Board Member
Key Responsibility: As a board member, ensure the objectives and strategic directions of the board.